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Today in Florida, almost four years since descending2 Trump3 Tower's gilded5 escalator to announce his dark-horse presidential campaign, Donald Trump launches his bid for four more years. In truth, the campaign began the day of his inauguration6. Brad Parscale, his campaign manager, has already begun blanketing swing states with digital ads on platforms like Facebook. As of March 2019, the campaign was sitting on a war chest of $41m. What Mr Trump will run on is unclear.

descend1: vi. （沿斜坡）下降

descend/ascend the stairs: 下/上楼梯

gilded: adj. 镀金的

gild4 the lily: 给百合花镀金（画蛇添足，作多余的装饰）

dark-horse: 黑马（出人意外获胜的赛马或参赛人）

bid: n. 招标，报价

the highest bid: 报价最高（拍卖会上）

a bid for power: 争夺权力

launch a bid for president: 竞选总统

inauguration: n. 就职；开幕式

inauguration ceremony: 就职典礼

inauguration day: 美国总统就职日

inauguration speech: 就职演说

blanket: vt. 盖上毯子（本课指“地毯式的宣传”）

swing states: 摇摆州

war chest: 战备资金，竞选资金


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1 descend descend     
vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降
参考例句：
  • I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
  • We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。
2 descending descending     
n. 下行 adj. 下降的
参考例句：
  • The results are expressed in descending numerical order . 结果按数字降序列出。
  • The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain. 登山者先停下来确定所在的位置，然后再下山。
3 trump LU1zK     
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
4 gild L64yA     
vt.给…镀金，把…漆成金色，使呈金色
参考例句：
  • The sun transform the gild cupola into dazzling point of light.太阳将这些镀金的圆屋顶变成了闪耀的光点。
  • With Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney primed to flower anew,Owen can gild the lily.贝巴和鲁尼如今蓄势待发，欧文也可以为曼联锦上添花。
5 gilded UgxxG     
a.镀金的，富有的
参考例句：
  • The golden light gilded the sea. 金色的阳光使大海如金子般闪闪发光。
  • "Friends, they are only gilded disks of lead!" "朋友们，这只不过是些镀金的铅饼！ 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡
6 inauguration 3cQzR     
n.开幕、就职典礼
参考例句：
  • The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
  • Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

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